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AFRS V Discs

Heard
1941
Episodes
120

The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first being issued in October of 1943.The Army’s V-Disc project provided a monthly 'care' package of music specially recorded for troops overseas. Soldiers fighting a far-flung war welcomed these musical snapshots of life back home.

Episodes, in broadcast order page 1 of 2

  1. (acetate)

    · 3:00

  2. Just Kiddin' Around

    No date given · 3:20

  3. Goodbye Sue

    No date given · 3:26

  4. Begin The Beguine

    No date given · 5:11

  5. I Cover the Waterfront

    No date given · 3:28

  6. 382a Woody Herman - Red Top

    No date given · 4:29

  7. Something to Remember You By

    No date given · 3:19

  8. 490b Red Norvo - Flying Home

    No date given · 4:15

  9. I Was Here When You Left Me

    No date given · 4:07

  10. 486b AAFTAC Symphonette - Hungarian Dance No 5

    No date given · No. 5 · 3:13

  11. 083b -Del Courtney-Blue Rain

    No date given · 3:01

  12. 104a -Don Redman-Pistol Packin' Mama

    No date given · 3:59

  13. 104b -Don Redman-Redman Blues

    No date given · 5:05

  14. 111a -Morton Gould-El Relicario

    No date given · 2:59

  15. 111b -Morton Gould-Two Guitars

    No date given · 4:41

  16. 117a -Jimmy Dorsey-Julia-Contrast

    No date given · 4:40

  17. 117b -Jimmy Dorsey-John Silver

    No date given · 4:21

  18. 164b-Charlie Spivak - Besame Mucho

    No date given · 4:38

Where it comes from 2

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. AFRS-V-Discs-3

    Armed Forces Radio Service · dont1961 · 59 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  2. AFRS-V-Discs

    Armed Forces Radio Service · dont1961 · 61 episodes here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

From the Armed Forces Radio Service collection at the Internet Archive.

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